The Jacksonville Jaguars started training camp Tuesday and already are trending in the right direction in terms of getting players back from their reserve lists. Undrafted rookie fullback Connor Slomka, who was placed on the team’s active/ non-football list Monday, passed his physical Tuesday and was moved to the active roster.
Rookie FB Connor Slomka passed his physical today and his status has been changed back to active (was previously on the Active/Non-Football Injury list). pic.twitter.com/HOinEus6a1
— #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) July 28, 2020
This comes after Slomka was one of five players placed on a reserve list Monday.
Under his previous designation, Slomka still accounted for a roster spot, but obviously needed medical clearance for activities on the field. Luckily, he had plenty of time to begin with as it appears physical activities won’t start until seven days in, when the team begins their strength and conditioning phase.
Per sources, camp timeline in the NFL's proposal …
Day 1: Testing/virtual meetings.
Days 2-3: Virtual meetings.
Day 4: Testing/virtual meetings.
Days 5-6: Physicals.
Days 7-15: Strength and conditioning (with a day off.)
Day 16: Practice starts.
Day 21: First padded practice.— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) July 24, 2020
The rookie will enter 2020 after spending his collegiate career with Army. He’ll be coming off his best season in 2019 where he was able to accumulate 149 carries for 658 yards and eight touchdowns. In terms of his career numbers, he was able to garner 274 carries for 1,208 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns.
As of now, he’s the only fullback on the Jags roster at 6-foot-0, 240 pounds. He will share a virtual running backs room with Leonard Fournette, Ryquell Armstead, and veteran Chris Thompson among notables.